Big Tech faces a historic legal showdown. A major trial over social media addiction has begun and could reshape the technology industry. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before a jury for the first time over claims that social media harms young people. His testimony came more than four years after leaked internal documents suggested the company knew its platforms could…

Late on Thursday night, EU leaders quietly acknowledged that their most ambitious funding plan for Ukraine had failed. After months of intense debate, the proposal to turn frozen Russian central bank assets into a zero-interest reparations loan could not overcome legal, financial, and political obstacles. Supporters framed it as both morally right and strategically groundbreaking, while critics warned it carried…